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=== Assistant: Nice — that’s Unity specifically an IL2CPP build most of the time when you see GameAssembly.dll. ===
Nice — that’s Unity (specifically an IL2CPP build most of the time when you see GameAssembly.dll). Translation: modding is doable, but you’ll want to pick the right lane early so you don’t waste a week fighting the wrong tooling.

Here’s the best “foothold” path.

==== - If you see <code>GameAssembly.dll</code> + no <code>Managed/Assembly-CSharp.dll</code>, it’s basically IL2CPP. ====
* If you see a <code>Managed/</code> folder with <code>Assembly-CSharp.dll</code>, that’s Mono (easier).

Either way, your next move is the same: get a mod loader running.

==== BepInEx is the “hello world” of Unity modding. It gives you: ====
* plugin loading
* logging console
* config system
* a place to put your code without patching game files manually

What you do with AI here: ask it to generate a minimal BepInEx plugin skeleton for your game version, plus a “toggle feature” config option and a log line so you can verify it loads.

==== If it’s IL2CPP, you typically use: ====
* BepInEx IL2CPP + Il2CppInterop (so your C# plugin can talk to IL2CPP types)

Your first win should be: launch game → see BepInEx console → see your plugin log message.

If you can’t get that, don’t move on. Everything else depends on this.

==== Your foothold isn’t “writing features.” It’s finding the right classes/methods to hook. ====

For Unity games, your bread and butter is:
* listing loaded scenes
* finding the player GameObject
* reading transform position/rotation
* finding key managers (GameManager, PlayerController, Inventory, etc.)

AI is great here if you feed it:
* a list of types/classes you found
* your log output
* your “what I’m trying to locate” (player health, inventory, etc.)

==== - Mono: use tools like dnSpy/ILSpy to browse Assembly-CSharp.dll (super straightforward). ====
* IL2CPP: you don’t have normal C# assemblies to browse the same way. You’ll use an IL2CPP dumping workflow (type/metadata dump) so you can see class names, methods, fields.

AI helps by turning the dump into:
* “these 3 classes look like player movement”
* “this method name suggests it’s called every frame”
* “hook this event instead of Update()”

==== Pick something tiny but real: ====
* print player position every second
* add a keybind that toggles god mode (even fake god mode like constantly setting health)
* speed multiplier by editing a movement variable
* spawn an object at the player position

You’re aiming for: read state → change state → verify in-game.

==== When you can reliably: ====
* locate player object
* read position/rotation/velocity
* detect inputs/actions
* create/spawn entities

…then multiplayer becomes “just” networking + reconciliation.

If you try multiplayer before you can do the above, you’ll build a gorgeous network layer that syncs nothing. (Ask me how I know. 💀)

===== 1. Look for Managed/ folder and tell me if it exists + whether you see Assembly-CSharp.dll. =====
# Try installing BepInEx and tell me if you get a console/log output.
# Your first plugin: just logs “Loaded” on startup.

If you paste your folder structure (top-level files/folders) and whether there’s a Managed/ folder, I can tell you exactly which toolchain to use (Mono vs IL2CPP) and what your first mod should be.

TL;DR: UnityPlayer.dll + GameAssembly.dll means Unity and likely IL2CPP. Start by getting BepInEx running and a plugin that logs on launch. Then use type-dumping/inspection to find player/controller classes and build a tiny mod that reads + changes player state. Only after that should you attempt multiplayer.